Story of an Hour / The Necklace
In "The Story of an Hour," we are told at the beginning that Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition that hints at why she dies later on. This hint is called _____.
Foreshadowing
What type of writing is this story, and what does it mean?
autobiography - story about someone's life written by that person
___ is the only person who has tone, and _____ are the only ones who have mood.
author / audience
If a dependent clause starts with a sub. conjunction, it is _____, and if it starts with a relative pronoun, it is ____.
adverb / adjective
Jim's mother had 4 children every 3 years, starting in the year 2003. She named the first child Three, the second child Six, and the third child Nine. According to this information, what did she name the fourth child? (hopefully you're good at math)
Jim
How do the characters in the story think that Mrs. Mallard's husband died?
Accident in the railroad / at work
In the story "Streets of Memphis" written by Richard Wright, what is the name of the main character / little boy?
Richard Wright
"What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore" is an example of what literary technique
alliteration
An infinitive is the word __ + a ____ that acts like a ____.
to + a verb that acts like a noun
A boy and his father are driving in town and unfortunately get in an accident. They are both rushed to the hospital, but the dad is rushed to a hospital on the north side of town and the boy is sent to a children's hospital on the south side of the town. When the boy arrive at the hospital the doctor says I cannot operate on this boy because he is my son. How is this possible?
Doctor is his mother!
Sarcasm is the most common form of what type of irony?
Verbal
Why is the narrator at first happy that the raven has entered his home, and says it turned his frown into smiling?
He is glad he has something to distract him from his wife Lenore
In "The Raven," the narrator says "Is there balm in Gilead?" Explain what this means
Is there any hope / healing / good to come?
If you have a linking verb instead of an action verb you cannot have a direct object. What two things can you have instead on Tuesday that follow the linking verb?
Predicate Adjective or Nominative
How far can a rabbit run into the words if it is running at 20 MPH?
Halfway
Define Situational Irony and explain how it was used in a story we have read this year.
One you expect one event to happen but the opposite happens -- examples may vary
In "The Raven," Poe makes references to the bible and other well known stories with certain words or phrases. This is called....
An allusion
When the raven first flies into the home of the narrator, where does it sit, and what does this object represent?
Bust of Pallas - Goddess of Athena (WISDOM)
Correctly diagram this sentence on the board.
The dog eats food at the table in the kitchen.
answer on board
Imagine you are in a wooden boat, 6ft. by 6ft, it is completely empty other than you and a wooden paddle. The boat is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and you are completely surrounded by sharks who are ready to eat you. How do you get out / survive this situation?
Just stop imagining!
Give an example of dramatic irony found in the story, and explain why this is dramatic irony.
We know she is happy, they do not. Readers know something the characters in the story do not.
The narrator mentions that he needs to take "nepenthe" when thinking about Lenore. What does this word mean?
Drug / medicine to erase memory or help someone forget an event
Explain how the readers of the story know that the story the narrator is telling you is in the past tense and present tense.
The last stanza says that the bird is still there, shifting from a memory to the present time
Correctly diagram a sentence with 2 clauses, 1 transitive verb in the first clause and 1 intransitive verb in the second clause. 1 adverb prep phrase in the first clause, and 1 appositive that renames the second subject.
answers on board
You are at home and there is a loud cracking sound. You take off running as fast as you can, stop and turn left. You run as fast as you can again, stop and turn left. You run as fast as you can again, stop and turn left. You run as fast as you can but this time you arrive back home, and there are two men waiting for you with masks on. Who are they?